Albin Swoboda (singer, 1836)
Albin August Heinrich Emil Swoboda (born November 13, 1836 in Neustrelitz , † August 4, 1901 in Oberlößnitz ) was an Austrian operetta singer (tenor) and actor .
Life
Swoboda came from a family of actors, his father was the actor and later opera singer Josef Swoboda (1806 in Prague - 1882 in Berlin), his mother the dramatic singer Angelika Perechon (1816–1846). Albin came to Vienna in 1848. Against his father's wishes, he went to the theater in der Josefstadt , then to Krakow, Salzburg and Linz. He came out as a tenor with comical singing roles. In 1857 Johann Nestroy engaged him at the Carltheater , where he had great success in folk plays. In 1859 he moved to the Theater an der Wien and played in operettas and singspiele. In 1874 he worked for a short time in the artistic direction of the Ringtheater in Vienna, later at the Deutsches Theater in Budapest .
After financial difficulties and a few stops in between, he went to the Dresden court theater in 1881 , where he only acted as a court actor in the following years .
Swoboda was married twice, first to the Viennese operetta interpreter Friederike Fischer (1844–1898), from whom he was divorced and who died in Dresden in 1898, and to the actress Gretchen Swoboda (1872–1921) for the second time. Her first marriage was her daughter Margareta Swoboda (1872–1921), an actress at the Hofburgtheater Vienna, who was born in Vienna, and later a member of the Braunschweiger Hoftheater, then the Hoftheater Munich. and the Dresden-born son Albin Swoboda Jr. (1883–1970), a bass-baritone.
Albin Swoboda died in Oberlößnitz in 1901 and was buried in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Dresden.
Honor
In 1955, the Swobodagasse in Vienna- Hietzing was named after him.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Swoboda, Albin . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 40th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1880, pp. 58–61 ( digitized version ).
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 1020, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Felix Czeike: Historical Lexicon Vienna Vol. 5 . Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1997.
Web links
- Albin Swoboda at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ^ After a written correction by the Radebeul City Archives on December 18, 2012 based on the official death register entry there. The date of August 5th refers to the date of registration.
- ↑ Albin Swoboda at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- ↑ Entry Swoboda, Margareta in: Ilse Korotin (ed.): BiografiA Lexicon of Austrian Women , Volume 3 PZ, 2016, Böhlau Verlag p. 3246
- ↑ Todtenschau . In: Dresdner Geschichtsblätter , No. 2, 1902, p. 100.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Swoboda, Albin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Swoboda, Albin August Heinrich Emil (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian singer and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1836 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neustrelitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th August 1901 |
| Place of death | Oberloessnitz |